Improvement in bag-holdees



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. Letters Patent No. 76,686, elated April 14, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAG-HOLDERS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, Jncou Yessy 'and Tourne R. Yneev, of Plaineld, in the county of Will, and State of Illinois, have invented a new'and useful Improvement in Bag-Holders; and we do hereby declare and make known thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description'of the same, reference beingthad to the accompanying drawings, and the letters and figures marked thereon, which form part of this speciiication.

Our said invention relates to a device for holding bags open and in an upright position, to enable the same to be readily filled with grain; and to enable those skilled in the art to understand how to construct and use our said invention, we will proceedto describe the samewith particularityvmaking, reference in so doing to the aforesaid drawings, in which- 'l Figure l. represents aside elevation of our invention.

Figure 2 is a plan or top viewof the same. I v

Similar letters of reference in the dierent figures denote .the same parts of our invention.

A represents a vertical post, of suitable height and size, having two legs or braces() (l, extending out upon that side upon which the bags are to be suspended, to form a sure'and stable support, as shown in the drawings, while at the same time a space is left between them to allow the bag to hang free, and to permit the s'amc to be removed readily from the apparatus when it is filled.

To the upper end ofthe post A, at d, a metallic ring, D,a little smaller than thc mouth of a bag, is firmly secured in a horizontal position; said ringer rim being also rmly braced or supported by arms E, extending from the rim to the post -A, as shown. l

At the upper end of the, said post A, upon each side thereof, are' firmly secured iron bars a a, which have bearings to receive the ends of a pin or bolt, b, which turns in its bearings, as hereinafter set forth.

To said pin I1, arms c are attached, whichV are also rigidly connected to an upper rim, F, which lies upon the rim D, but which can be opened or turned back uponv its hinge when desired, as indica-ted by the dotted lines in g. 1. I .I

This upper rim is made wider than the lower rim, although its internal diameter is substantially thesame, flaring outward and upward at rthe back,` forming a sort of a hopper, to prevent the grain from falling over behind the bag, as it is being turned or shovelled in.

Upon the front edge of the hinged rim F are two i ear'sf, in which the spindles e c, upon a lever, G, have their bearings, so that said lever may move about its spindles as upon a hinge.

The said lever Gis provided with an arm, t, which passes beneath the rim D, its configuration or shape being such as to act as a clasp to hold the two rims iirrnly together, -for the purposes hereinafter mentioned.

When a bag is to be arranged upon or in the bag-holder, the mouth is drawn up through the lower rim, the upper one being thrown back, as indicated by the 'dotted lines in fig. 1, and the edges ofthe bag are turned out over the rim D, when the rim F is brought down .upon the edge of the bag, and the clasp i is brought down beneath the riin'D, thus firmly elasping themouth of the bag between the rims-D F, and keeping' the same extended as desired. p

When the bag is filled, the clasp L is removed from beneath the rim D, the rim F is thrown back, and the bag removed, and tied as desired.

I-Iaving described the construction and operation of our invention, we will specify what we claim, and desire to-sccure by Letters Patent. l l I i We claim the combination ofthe post A, the legs C C, the rim D, the hinged rim F, and clasp AGr It, arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes specified.

h. JACOB YAGGY,

mark. Witnesses: v TOBIAS R. YAGGY.

ELTON WAGNER, J. D. SHREFFLER. 

